Murals of Kobe Bryant

More than 600 murals depicting American professional basketball player Kobe Bryant have been painted in dozens of countries,[1] including Croatia, Haiti, Uganda, and the United States.[2] Many of these were created following Bryant's death in a helicopter crash in 2020.

Mural depicting Kobe Bryant and other basketball players, 2021

United States

A mural in Laredo, Texas, took ten months to complete.[3]

California

The website KobeMural.com has identified and mapped hundreds of murals in Southern California.[4][5]

There are many murals of Bryant in Greater Los Angeles,[6][7] including in Long Beach and Venice.[8] In Downtown Los Angeles, Jonas Never painted a mural on Lebanon Street. The Nelson's Liquor in Burbank has a mural by Isaac Pelayo. The Western Avenue side of the United Auto Center in Jefferson Park has a mural by Danny Mateo. In Melrose, JC Ro painted a mural on the side of a Shoe Palace store. The Burger City Grill in Torrance has a mural by Mike Trujillo. In South Los Angeles' Westmont community, a mural by Manny Sayes appears on the JS Liquor & Market at the intersection of Century Boulevard and Vermont.[9]

There are several murals of Bryant in Orange County,[10] and others in the San Francisco Bay Area.[11]

See also

References
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  2. "'An outpouring of public art:' Hundreds of Kobe Bryant murals fill Los Angeles landscape". USA Today. Archived from the original on 2022-01-28. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
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  5. "Visit these 50 Kobe Bryant murals, mapped throughout Southern California". Orange County Register. 2020-02-23. Archived from the original on 2021-06-20. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
  6. Jaime, Natalya (2020-01-30). "Street Artists Continue to Pay Tribute to Kobe Bryant with Murals Throughout the City". Los Angeles Magazine. Archived from the original on 2022-01-18. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
  7. "He's looking for Kobe Bryant everywhere, in murals across L.A. and the world". Los Angeles Times. 2020-07-24. Archived from the original on 2022-09-08. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
  8. Thompson-Hernández, Walter; Young, Ryan (2020-02-22). "In L.A., Kobe Dominates the Paint". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2022-09-18. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
  9. "6 Spectacular Street Murals to Visit for Kobe Bryant Day". Thrillist. Archived from the original on 2022-09-18. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
  10. Pagaran, Michelle (2021-01-26). "8 Kobe Bryant Murals in Orange County". Orange Coast Magazine. Archived from the original on 2022-03-18. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
  11. Flores, Jessica (2021-01-26). "A year after his death, this map tracks Kobe Bryant murals in the Bay Area — and around the world". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on 2021-02-27. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
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